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POLITICAL 3. C0aMOS- -.CoLDs
tnder tzs ax. . e0clnla4 seoi1 IS class
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Statss All eo1ulglss .AsT are panishei fefy
ssFsrsig Tas statutes Apply generally lo
FsassEs. scoasrs. eAsoaie srgnlblsrs. those
thss eTsr.sslngly Fal a. ard cad iselt
win ollefs. 10 matter Il they claim ~
aosk In tie interests u Fslura4. or sst
LasIl 10. zee gp a. eblsital1s Or martyrs ca
tie "a q of ons or dozen h0sblss. n lnsI
constantly alng-dgug. slab snd tanner
asay a i0-ks I'D gAl1gs tney are com.
moa se9ids and n1ssness, rlcaly eeserY.
lng 10 be prosecuted
In politics this class prsdominAtss. For
5as sound argument On the stump there are
a score Of fa8ting snsEhemas and slauders
and the whole course ol campalgn has
become 70 be 3 vie aud noisy systsm oi ex-
Z uagasans dsnunciation. dagrsnt hbels per
sIsion of records and tacts. misrspEesen-
tallon oi views .ud ''mud-laEo oNlng and
defamation generally.
HobOay depFecates healthy agitation, bat
scoldlns Is not that 10 is iy bites and
mosquito s-lngs. when the sleed only needs
some oais or. a. most. high-hanied.
waning crack Of the whip. Agitation IS
sousing cheer with the logical sounding OF
trumpets. while soolding may semble the
braying Of AZ ass. the bowling of cur. or
the croak Of 5ullfrogs.
All grum5lers and chronic ranlers have
tbs liver complaint II is more bile in the
stomach than brains in the head-th4l IS
what ais them. and their schemes OF re
forn', and their various hobbies are born
n lunatic asylums.
These remarks apply most emphatioally
TO the politics of Tue day. TO illustrate.
Take the National Banking system. Such
papers IS Gen. Weagers Tribune, Colonel
Nortons Sentinel and the Chicago Erpress
denOunce the whole system as iafam0us
Its founders were shylocks and knayes,
and the bankers now operating under it
are veritable pirates on the high seas.
Philosophers Of the Weaver stamp
lence Of their language. Such words
As "steal, "cut-throats." 'bloated bond
holders. robbers" pirates" williams, 4"
land bArons' and financial highwaymen
are as common in their arguments as the
adjectives connecting their sentences. They
denounce rich men as rsscsls and fiends,
IS they dot their SIS" and cross their rs
in their editorials.
Now. admitting all sound arguments
against the National Banks, and our whole
system OF finance, what greater madness
than this wholesale denunciaiion? And it
IS false as il is wrong.
Our National Bank legislation originated
with the nobiest and greatest statesmen
Americaev had. Should any reasonably
sized dogs GET upon s.umps and bark at
such men as Lincoln, Sumner, Wade,
TrumbGll. lates, Morton, Greeley, Carpen-
ter. Logan. Conkling Wilson, Stevens,
Morgan, Hendricks and scores Of other
patriots and heroes2 The present banking
system was born of such minds. They NAV
have erred. but they were not knaves, fool.
or pirates and the men who thus brand
them are little short OF lunatics and idiots
| Their ravings are ike the froth on mad
dogs mouth, their eloquence is as the
blowing Of tin horns. and the anarchy and
vildness Of their political theories are a,
dangerous as the venom Of serpents.
The same can be said of the crazy anC
revolutionary onslaught against the cap
italists Of the country. Many rich men ar
tyrsnts: so are many poor men. No such
line car be drawn between the two classes
Nor are men to blame Tor being rich, wheth
er their wealth be accumulated by them
selves or inherited. Why denounce VIM
*. Vanderbilt for being worth 500 GOO, 900
Would you have him give il away WOul,
you turn highwayman and rob him of it2
Weaver says Vanderbilt did not earn Il
bat others earned il and Vanderbilt has 90
it. Was ever more dangerous sophistr,
than that II smells foul Of anarchism, an,
il threatens the possessions of every MAJ
that has accumulated more than he has du
out with bis finger nails. 1t strikes at TIA
law Of inheritsnce, at great enterprises, an
all large financial ventures. IL dis
cOursges worthy accumulation aud industry
The n0bisst and greatest men Americ
ever bad are among its wesithiest. An
their fortunes were made by honorabi
competition and fortuitous circumstance
As every stick has It's two ends and mid
die. so society must ever he divided. Ther
viii be me high, the middle and the love
classes-the millionsres, the vell-to-do an
the beggars. The world was made tha
way. and mankind Is thus constituted
Gradation IN everything IS one Of the fir'
orders Of nature. Ne even have he ars
second and third classes IN the oyster ma
ket no lsss thau st the bar. Our school
are graded. Ministers. doctors. Teacher
stock. msrohandise-eveTyt Is thu
} classed. the same ss worldly possession
Il ne man who owns a good farm Il
, half dozen Of theunl. 70 Be denounced IS
knsve By a riisersbls tramp who gets $40
: week on an snarch isiic paper
II "a essy enough - wholesale or
scocndrsis and thieves such men as Cyr-
Field. Jag Gouid and thai crowd. but wh
can grove they are nos among the create